Improvement in fastenings for chair-cushions



A. A. LATHROP.

FASTENINGS FOR CHAIR cusnnms. No; 179,660. Patented Ju1y11.1876.

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N. PETE-R5 FNOTb-L ITHOGRAPHER, WASHINGTON. D. C.

AD ELBERT A. LATHROP,

PATENT QFFIGE.

OF CHICAGO, ILLINO S.-

I'MPROVEMENTlN FASTENINGS FOR CHAIR-CUSHIONS.

Specification forming partof Letters Patent No. 179,660, dated July 11,1876 application filed October 25, 1875.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ADELBERT A. LATHROP, ot' the city of Chicago, Cookcounty, State of lllinois,.have invented a. new and useful'lmprovementin Fastening t'or Chair Cushions, of which the following is a fulldescription, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, iu-whichFigure 1 is a plan View, showing a mode of attaching the straps to oneform of cushion; Fig. 2, a plan view, showing the mode of attachingrthestraps to a round cushion.

This improvement is designed to he used with thin cushions, such as aremade of pieces of carpets, &c., which have neither suflici'ent body orweight to keep them in position; and for this class of cushions it isdesirable that they should be free to move, to a certain extent, on thebottom of the chair to prevent wearing of the clothing. Its natureconsists in connecting the cushion to the rounds or back of the chair bymeans of one or more elastic straps.

In the drawings, A represents the cushion, and B the elastic straps. Thecushion A is usually made of a piece of carpet, cut to fit the form ofthe chair; and it may be bound and lined, or not, as desired. At theback is attached to the cushion a sufficient number of elasticfastening-straps to hold it in position, or return it to position whenmoved. The elastic straps maybe tied to the rounds of the chair, orbrought around them, and the free ends fastened to the cushion by loops,or

otherwise. This arrangement gives the cushion an easy movement on the.chair, and prevents it from working out partly, or entirely,

while the chair is in use, as the elastic straps will return it toposition whenever freed.

By attaching or fastening a strap at or near the center ot'the cushion,and fastening its ends at the front and back, the cushion will have afree movement, and always return to the proper position. The dottedlines in Fig. 2 show this mode of attachment.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure

